Composition: The Wreck of the Hesperus (Foote, Arthur)

Title The Wreck of the Hesperus
Creators Arthur Foote (composer) and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (librettist)
Opus Op.17
Instrumentation 3 voices, mixed chorus and orchestra
Number of movements
Keys C major
Composed 1888
First published 1888
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Average duration (sec) 840
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Composition types Secular choruses
Language English
Period Romantic
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